Quotes from Mark Twain | Manly Chunks of Wisdom

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”

― Mark Twain

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

― Mark Twain

“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”

― Mark Twain

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”

― Mark Twain

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

― Mark Twain

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”

― Mark Twain

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”

― Mark Twain

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

― Mark Twain

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”

― Mark Twain

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”

― Mark Twain

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”

― Mark Twain

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

― Mark Twain

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

― Mark Twain

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

― Mark Twain

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”

― Mark Twain

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

― Mark Twain

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”

― Mark Twain

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”

― Mark Twain

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

― Mark Twain